Ashley Kistler has been appointed provost and chief academic officer at the College of Wooster in Ohio. She will begin her new role on July 1.
Dr. Kistler currently serves as dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. She first joined Rollins in 2008 as an assistant professor in the department of anthropology and the Latin American and Caribbean studies program. Dr. Kistler has served in various leadership roles throughout her tenure, including associate dean, department chair, program coordinator, and president of the faculty. Her most recent book is Faces of Resistance: Maya Heroes, Power, and Identity (University of Alabama Press, 2018).
A graduate of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Dr. Kistler earned her master’s degree and doctorate in anthropology from Florida State University.